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Breaking News Sat, 12 Feb 2005
Suicide car bomb kills 15 south of Baghdad-police
Iraq   Mideast   Military   Photos   Terrorism   US  
 Swissinfo English 
Suicide car bomb kills 15 south of Baghdad-police
 BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide car bomb has killed at least 15 people in the town of Musayyib, south of Baghdad, | a police official says. | The official said on Saturday that 20 were wounded in ... (photo: Getty Images)
Palestinian leader plans to press militants on truce
Israel   Mideast   Palestine   Peace   Photos   Politics  
 The Boston Globe 
Palestinian leader plans to press militants on truce
GAZA CITY -- Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is expected to meet today with militant leaders to push them to honor a days-old cease-fire marred by mortar and rocket attacks on Israeli targets, accord... (photo: WN file/Ahmed Deeb)
Brown plans UK's world leadership  BBC News 
Brown plans UK's world leadership
Gordon Brown is to promise Labour's spring conference he will make Britain a world leader in education, science, business and enterprise. | The chancellor is expected to stress his confidence in Labou... (photo: Graeme Robertson/Getty Images)
Economy   Election   Photos   Politics   UK  
Iran nuclear row could spiral out of control  Dawn 
Iran nuclear row could spiral out of control
By Alistair Lyon | LONDON: Nobody sees military action as the best way to tame Iran's suspected nuclear weapons ambitions, but as the rhetoric heats up, mutual miscalculation could suck Tehran and Was... (photo: WN)
Europe   Iran   Nuclear   Photos   US  
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China, India to overtake Japan by 2020 The Star
China, India to overtake Japan by 2020
| FRANKFURT: China and India will be the world’s second and third largest economies by 2020, pushing Japan into fourth place, according to research by Deutsche Bank... (photo: Xinhua )
China   Economy   India   Japan   Photos  
Congo militias force thousands from homes Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Congo militias force thousands from homes
| Some 85,000 people fearing rape, robbery or death have fled a surge in militia attacks in north-eastern Congo so far this year. | United Nations aid officials are warni... (photo: Getty Images)
Africa   DR Congo   Photos   Refugees   UN   Women  
Charles and Camilla head for home to avoid limelight Scotsman
Charles and Camilla head for home to avoid limelight
THE Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles kept a low profile yesterday after finally announcing their plans to marry. | Retreating to Highgrove in Gloucestershire, th... (photo: Tim Graham Picture Library/Getty Images)
Europe   Media   Photos   Politics   UK  
Jackson showed me nude photos, claims ex-child star Scotsman
Jackson showed me nude photos, claims ex-child star
IN NEW YORK | A FORMER child star who claims Michael Jackson showed him nude photographs as a young teenager has been ordered to testify against the singer in court, it e... (photo: Getty Images)
California   Celebrity   Court   Photos   Pop  
24 die in gun and bomb attacks as Rumsfeld visits Iraq Scotsman
24 die in gun and bomb attacks as Rumsfeld visits Iraq
IN BAGHDAD | A CAR bomb exploded outside a Shiite mosque north-east of Baghdad yesterday killing at least 13 people and injuring dozens more, while in a separate attack, ... (photo: US DoD)
Crime   Iraq   Pentagon   Photos   USA   Video  
US rejects bilateral talks with Pyongyang Scotsman
US rejects bilateral talks with Pyongyang
IN SEOUL | NORTH Korea has demanded bilateral talks with the United States over its nuclear weapons programme, but Washington quickly rejected the idea yesterday and insi... (photo: Getty Images)
Asia   N Korea   Nuclear   Photos   Slideshow   US  
Broadway dims its lights after playwright Miller dies aged 89 Scotsman
Broadway dims its lights after playwright Miller dies aged 89
ARTHUR Miller, one of the 20th century's greatest playwrights best known for Death of a Salesman and The Crucible, has died aged 89 after a battle against cancer and hear... (photo: Lawrence Lucier/Getty Images)
Entertainment   Media   Photos   USA   Video  
Holidaymakers, please come to Phuket, the people need you Scotsman
Holidaymakers, please come to Phuket, the people need you
A LETTER FROM THAILAND | THERE are few places that fulfil the fantasy of tropical paradise the way Thailand does. Or did, before the tsunami. The destruction of paradise ... (photo: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)
Photos   Phuket   Thailand   Tourism   Tsunami  
Migration expert makes case for helping foreign workers Japan Times
Migration expert makes case for helping foreign workers
By AKEMI NAKAMURA | Staff writer | Special measures are needed to tackle the unique problems faced here by foreigners of Japanese descent, such as Japanese Brazilians and... (photo: WN)
Economy   Immigration   Japan   Photos   Population  
UK claims freed Britons pose terror threat The Guardian
UK claims freed Britons pose terror threat
The government has decided that four Britons released from Guantánamo Bay pose a terrorist threat to the United Kingdom, on the basis of evidence alleged to have com... (photo: Getty Images)
Guantanamo   Military   Photos   UK   US  
Six towns, six pledges - the election campaign begins The Guardian
Six towns, six pledges - the election campaign begins
Tony Blair effectively triggered a three and a half month election campaign yesterday by unveiling Labour's six key election pledges on a six-city helicopter tour of Engl... (photo: Getty Images)
Elections   Europe   London   Media   Photos  
North America Europe
- That wasn't slow-motion Eagles replay
- Jazz great Malone will say goodbye
- Cupid's bouquets busying florists
- Family laments delays in sentence
UN chief 'caving in to US pressure'
UN chief 'caving in to US pressure'
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- Germany calls on US to support EU approach to Iran
- Black soldiers in WWII broke down racial barriers
- Word on the street
- Turkish Cypriot ventures to get US aid
Turkish Cypriot ventures to get US aid
Turkish Cypriot ventures to get US aid
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Asia Middle East
- In pictures: Pakistan flood misery
- Beijingers question firecracker ban
- Rescuers search for survivors as toll from Pak dam burst rea
- Commonwealth scolds Musharraf
Broadbridge's widow to return to Thailand
Broadbridge's widow to return to Thailand
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- Gunmen kill senior judge in southern Iraq
- Rescuers search for survivors as toll from Pak dam burst rea
- Emergency not for long, says king as Nepal braces for rebel
- Seventeen killed in car bomb attack south of Bahgdad
CNN executive quits over Iraq remarks
CNN executive quits over Iraq remarks
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South America Africa
- Venezuela hits U.S. 'impertinence'
- Ballplayers targets for crime in Venezuela
- Rains waterlog Venezuelan states
- Eight killed, dozens held hostage in riot at Argentinian pri
Venezuela hits U.S. 'impertinence'
Venezuela hits U.S. 'impertinence'
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- Togo summoned for talks on 'coup'
- Congo militias force thousands from homes
- Zimbabwe's ruling party vows to 'bury' Tony Blair
- Africans order Togo to comply, threaten sanctions
Congo militias force thousands from homes
Congo militias force thousands from homes
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Australia Caribbean
- Four arrested after service station brawl
- Henry blitzes field in pool return
- Man injured in Brisbane gas plant explosion
- Waratahs count the cost of trial loss
WA, Qld declared farm sector 'powerhouses'
WA, Qld declared farm sector 'powerhouses'
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- Something worked magic for assault defendant
- The Pic Of The Bunch
- Haitian police, UN troops raid ex-soldiers' base
- Cuban defector could miss start of Mets' Spring Training
Haitian police, UN troops raid ex-soldiers' base
Haitian police, UN troops raid ex-soldiers' base
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